Richard posted this very recent gig exerpt on his FB... We didn't know him as harmonica player did we?! Beautiful rendition of this Metheny tune I wanted to share with you... Lovely feel!
Oh man... Beautiful!!!
Ok, I tried my best here. This was a tough lesson to make, I hope you guys follow me on this. Any questions or confusion let me know. It's a bit abstract.
YO
YO...
Check these guys out if you're around. Should be great. They are incredible musicians. Just going to be EVI and Sax for this.
Concert will be live and online here:
Made you look.
The point I wanted to bring up is how do we make a living on this instrument? Who out there has made a living playing the vibes? Or was making a living and then got a 'real' job (as my mother used to say). What are your thoughts?
What are some ideas for graduating percussionists who really want to make a living out of playing jazz?? It is almost graduation time?
Have I brought this up already?
I was just thinking about this, on another post, talking about swinging.
A great musician told me, 'The only people who really know if you're a great player is everyone else but you. It's not your decision to make that'.
I play so often and am just not sure if I played a good solo or not, I try not to be judgemental.... I try. So many times I think I sucked and others including the band thought the opposite. Were they being nice to me? Or am I wrong.
I love this. Check out how the guitar player is comping and imagine comping like that behind someones solo. I'm working with a great latin percussionist so I'm learning a ton about the music (again). I've been checking out Changui music which I think means "beginning". Am I right? Any latinos out there?
I just think here's another way to comp. Just a single line.
YO EVERYBODY. I DID AN OLD LESSON: QUICK AND DIRTY VIDEO-GETTING YOUR GROOVE ON.
THIS LESSON WAS GREAT. A LOT OF FUN BUT HARD AS WELL...ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS EASY TO PLAY!
I POST 3 TRACKS
1.JUST VIBES
2.WITH PLAY ALONG
3. ONLY THE PLAY ALONG IF YOU WANT TO TRY IT.
THANKS